Nassif Ghoussoub

Nassif Ghoussoub
Nationality	Canadian
Alma mater	Paris VI University
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	University of British Columbia
Doctoral advisor	Gustave Choquet Antoine Brunel
Doctoral students	Craig Cowen Amir Moradifam Ramon Zarat

Nassif A. Ghoussoub, FRSC is a Canadian mathematician working in the fields of non-linear analysis and partial differential equations. He is a Professor of Mathematics, a Distinguished University Scholar, and a formerly elected member of the Board of Governors of the University of British Columbia.

He did his graduate work at the Pierre and Marie Curie University where his advisor was Gustave Choquet.

He was vice-president of the Canadian Mathematical Society from 1994 to 1996, the founding director of the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS) for the period 1996–2003, a co-founder of the MITACS Network of Centres of Excellence, and is the founder and current scientific director of the Banff International Research Station (BIRS).

In 2012 he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.

Awards

• Coxeter-James Prize, Canadian Mathematical Society (1990)
• Killam Senior Research Fellowship, UBC (1992)
• Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (1994)
• Distinguished University Scholar, UBC (2003)
• Doctorat Honoris Causa, Paris Dauphine University
• Jeffery–Williams Prize, Canadian mathematical Society (2007)
• Faculty of Science Achievement Award for outstanding service and leadership, UBC (2007)
• David Borwein Distinguished Career Award, Canadian Mathematical Society (2010)
• Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2012)
• Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal (2012)

See also

• Banff International Research Station

External links

• Nassif Ghoussoub's homepage
• Piece of Mind, Nassif's personal blog
• A biography